Monday, 29 April 2013

Challenge Update - April

The film I watched this month is one I haven't seen before, All About Eve. I'd bought the DVD for my mum one Christmas, as Bette Davis is one of her favourite actresses. She was nominated for an Oscar for Best Leading Actress for her role as Margo Channing in this film. The film was actually nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won six. One of Marilyn Monroe's earliest roles was in All About Eve.

The Ebay listings are going well, apart from me making a silly miscalculation with postage on an item this month. I knew the postage rates for parcels had changed, they're supposed to be easier to work out now, but I made the silly mistake of quoting for a small parcel when it should have been a medium parcel. Can you believe that the cost of posting a medium sized parcel within the UK is now £8.00? It's probably cheaper to send by courier, I must look in to this.

This month, our date night was a date day. I did a post all about it, so if you'd like to read about it, just click on the link.

I'm still enjoying my challenges. I'm trying to think of somewhere to go for our date night in May. This year seems to be whizzing by, only one more day left of April.

Nice to see you back. Selling on Ebay is quite time consuming, and it costs such a lot to post things now, that I can understand people who don't want to do it. I don't think it's worth it quite as much as it used to be, but I suppose it depends what you're selling.

Postage for parcel to Ireland is sometimes dearer than the item I want to buy. I needed a element for my cooker. It cost £8.50 the postage was £17.00 to Ireland but if I lived in England postage was free. I have discovered Parcel Motel. it cost my 3.50 euro to get my package sent to it and all I had to do was drive up the road to collect it.

I had a bit of a disaster with ebay too and the postage and decided not to bother any more! I made very little for the time and effort.Got to confess I have never seen that film either.Did you enjoy it ?

Selling on Ebay can be time consuming. There's so much bother writing up the description, taking photos, weighing the parcel, measuring it, trips to the post office, that it sometimes just isn't worth the effort. I think I'll be glad at the end of the year, when I've listed 60 items and see what I've made though.

Yes, postal charges are bad here too. I posted a normal 1 page letter to UK on Friday and it cost me $2.30. A medium quilt can cost me up to $100 if I go through Australia Post, so I've been looking at other parcel services.

It used to be a case of weighing the parcel, now it has to be measured too, so how they think this is simplifying things is beyond me. I think the new system is there to justify increasing prices, yet again.

'Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!' Haha. I love that film and Bette Davis is brilliant. My lovely mum looked a lot like her. I think I've seen most of the old movies, thanks to growing up with my dad, who loved them all. If you get to one I haven't seen, I'll let you know! xxx

I'm sure Ebay will have noticed a difference since postage charges have increased. It's great having time for ourselves, even just once a month. It's fun choosing places to go on our date too. It sounds like we've got similar weather today, I do hope it lasts.

I'm enjoying my challenges as they are all fun ones. It's a shame that it's so expensive to go to the cinema and theatre, I would go more often if it wasn't. Going to the theatre is a real treat, and we only go to the cinema if there's something specific that we want to see.

Postage rates are crazy! Just sent my nephew his birthday gift via Amazon and it was cheaper. I can't believe its May! Thinking of a date for ourselves as its our 21st this month, can't believe that either!!

I think everyone will be thinking of ways round using Royal Mail now that the postage rates are so expensive. Time passes by so quickly, it's our 23rd this year. Hope you think of something nice to do.

I saw that film once on TV a long time ago.MM is the most beautiful young girl in it don't you think?Glad that challenge is going well.Shame about the postage hiccup, but well done for keeping on going with it!Lisa x

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